‘The Kids Are All Right’: Director Lisa Cholodenko on Her New Film

Director Lisa Cholodenko’s new film “The Kids Are All Right” is earning glowing reviews in advance of its opening on Friday. But the director says that getting financial backing for the film was a fight.

“The Kids Are All Right” is a comedy-drama about two kids (played by Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) with lesbian moms (Julianne Moore, Annette Bening) who decide to decide to contact the sperm-donor (Mark Ruffalo) who fathered them. Cholodenko, who also directed the films “High Art” and “Laurel Canyon,” says it’s increasingly difficult to get funding for films that veer away from the mainstream.